Stew, I encountered my first problem - I restarted my cube and I only see options for linux, cdrom, and macos - no OS X? How do I fix that?
Thanks - Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 8.2b1 on Cube - smooth install for a linux newbie On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Michael G. Bekowitz wrote: > Hi, > > I had no problems installing the 8.2b1 on a g4 Cube. I am a complete > linux newbie. I tried yellow dog 2.1 which would could not see my > cdrom so I had to use an older kernel supplied with 2.1. It installed > but X was screwed up. I fixed it but was not happy so I wanted to try > mandrake 8.2b1. > > 8.2b1 installed great without a hitch. It supports my vid card and > kde seems to function fine. The only quirks with the install were > that I had to fix the boot ldr by restarting it and hitting "command > option O F" and then typing "setenv boot-device hd:12,11:tbxi" which > was told to me by a popup message - nice:) > > I have only fooled around with ftp and mozilla but so far it works > great. > Great - welcome aboard! The installer tries to set the OF boot-device, but for some reason it doesn't always take on all machines, so I opted to include the message as a "heads up". Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
